CA SB303 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Passed on October 1 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-10-01 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 216, Statutes of 2025.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Passed on October 1 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-10-01 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 216, Statutes of 2025.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
An act to add Section 12940.2 to the Government Code, relating to discrimination.
Title
Employment: bias mitigation training: unlawful discrimination.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-09-02 - Senate - Unfinished Business SB303 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2025-08-28 - Assembly - SB 303 Smallwood-Cuevas Senate Third Reading By Mark González (Y: 72 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2025-07-08 - Assembly - Do pass (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-05-28 - Senate - Senate 3rd Reading SB303 Smallwood-Cuevas (Y: 28 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-04-29 - Senate - Do pass as amended (Y: 5 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-04-22 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] (Y: 11 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-08-28 - Assembly - SB 303 Smallwood-Cuevas Senate Third Reading By Mark González (Y: 72 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2025-07-08 - Assembly - Do pass (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-05-28 - Senate - Senate 3rd Reading SB303 Smallwood-Cuevas (Y: 28 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-04-29 - Senate - Do pass as amended (Y: 5 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-04-22 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] (Y: 11 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-01 | Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 216, Statutes of 2025. | |
| 2025-10-01 | Approved by the Governor. | |
| 2025-09-09 | Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m. | |
| 2025-09-02 | Senate | Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2407.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. |
| 2025-08-28 | Senate | In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. |
| 2025-08-28 | Assembly | Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2769.) Ordered to the Senate. |
| 2025-07-10 | Assembly | Read second time. Ordered to third reading. |
| 2025-07-09 | Assembly | From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 8). |
| 2025-07-02 | Assembly | From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. |
| 2025-06-16 | Assembly | June 24 hearing postponed by committee. |
| 2025-06-05 | Assembly | Referred to Com. on JUD. |
| 2025-05-28 | Assembly | In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. |
| 2025-05-28 | Senate | Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1306.) Ordered to the Assembly. |
| 2025-05-01 | Senate | Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. |
| 2025-04-30 | Senate | From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 944.) (April 29). |
| 2025-04-23 | Senate | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 11. Noes 2. Page 834.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. |
| 2025-04-11 | Senate | Set for hearing April 29 in PUB. S. pending receipt. |
| 2025-04-03 | Senate | Set for hearing April 22. |
| 2025-04-01 | Senate | April 8 hearing postponed by committee. |
| 2025-03-25 | Senate | Set for hearing April 8. |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | Referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S. |
| 2025-02-11 | Senate | From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13. |
| 2025-02-10 | Senate | Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. |
Code Citations
| Chapter | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Government Code | 12940.2 | New Code | See Bill Text |
